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MADHURAVIJAYAM
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Kafur's invasion. Dr. Venkataramanyya is of the view,
which is tenable, that "each of these five princes seems
to have held independent sway over some part of the
empire, though the senior most or the most powerful
of them was recognised as the supreme head of the
state. He alone was most probably crowned; and on
him devolved the right of directing the general policy
of the empire"
Troubles set in when a war of succession started
in the Pandyan Kingdom. Māravarman Kulasēkhara
had two sons, Sundara and Vira, the former born of his
queen and the latter born of a concubine. Kulasēkhara
nominated Vira Pandya to be his successor as he dis-
played great talents and remarkable shrewdness.
Sundara Pandya in great fury assassinated his father
and crowned himself king. Vira Pāndya the heir-
designate met his half-brother in a battle near Madhurai
and though he was not successful in the beginning,
ultimately managed to drive away Sundara Pandya and
seized the throne.
According to Wassaf, "Sunder Pandi, trembling
and alarmed, fled from his native country and took
refuge under the protection of Ala-ud-din of Delhi and
Tira Pandi (Vīra Pāndya) become firmly established
in his hereditary kingdom". This story is not easily
acceptable as the event is placed in the middle of June
1310. Prof. Nilakanta Sastri rightly doubts its veracity
because there are inscriptions of Kulasēkhara dated in
his forty-fourth regnal year which commenced only in
3. Dr. N. Venkataramanayya: Early Muslim Expansion in South
India.
4. Wassaf.
36
Kafur's invasion. Dr. Venkataramanyya is of the view,
which is tenable, that "each of these five princes seems
to have held independent sway over some part of the
empire, though the senior most or the most powerful
of them was recognised as the supreme head of the
state. He alone was most probably crowned; and on
him devolved the right of directing the general policy
of the empire"
Troubles set in when a war of succession started
in the Pandyan Kingdom. Māravarman Kulasēkhara
had two sons, Sundara and Vira, the former born of his
queen and the latter born of a concubine. Kulasēkhara
nominated Vira Pandya to be his successor as he dis-
played great talents and remarkable shrewdness.
Sundara Pandya in great fury assassinated his father
and crowned himself king. Vira Pāndya the heir-
designate met his half-brother in a battle near Madhurai
and though he was not successful in the beginning,
ultimately managed to drive away Sundara Pandya and
seized the throne.
According to Wassaf, "Sunder Pandi, trembling
and alarmed, fled from his native country and took
refuge under the protection of Ala-ud-din of Delhi and
Tira Pandi (Vīra Pāndya) become firmly established
in his hereditary kingdom". This story is not easily
acceptable as the event is placed in the middle of June
1310. Prof. Nilakanta Sastri rightly doubts its veracity
because there are inscriptions of Kulasēkhara dated in
his forty-fourth regnal year which commenced only in
3. Dr. N. Venkataramanayya: Early Muslim Expansion in South
India.
4. Wassaf.